New Zealand general election, 1914

1911 ←

10 & 11 December 1914

→ 1919

All 80 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives 41 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout	84.7%
	First party	Second party

Leader	William Massey	Joseph Ward
Party	Reform	Liberal
Leader since	1909	1906
Leader's seat	Franklin	Awarua
Last election	38 seats	36 seats
Seats before	41	32
Seats won	40	34
Seat change	1	2
Popular vote	243,122	222,299
Percentage	47.1%	43.1%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Alfred Hindmarsh	James McCombs
Party	United Labour	Social Democrat
Leader since	1912	Unclear
Leader's seat	Wellington South	Lyttelton
Seats before	2	3
Seats won	3	2
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	22,672	22,500
Percentage	4.24%	4.21%

Prime Minister before election

William Massey
Reform

Prime Minister-designate

William Massey
Reform

The New Zealand general election of 1914 was held on 10 December to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 19th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Maori vote was held on 11 December. A total number of 616,043 voters were registered, of which 84.7% voters turned out to vote.

The election saw William Massey's Reform Government maintain power.

The second-ballot voting system had been repealed in 1913, and first-past-the-post voting reinstated for the 1914 election.

Soldiers serving overseas in the NZEF were given a vote by the Expeditionary Forces Voting Act, 1914. They voted for a party (Liberal, Labour or Reform) and their votes were allocated to a candidate for their electorate by a representative of their party; which sometimes required the representative to choose between rival "Liberal" or "Labour" candidates.

The following are the results of the 1914 general election:

Key

Liberal Reform United Labour Social Democrat Independent Labour Independent

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